Alpraham & Tarporley

Drivers injured in two-vehicle road crash at Tarporley

Drivers injured in two-vehicle road crash at Tarporley

Drivers were injured after two vehicles crashed on the busy A51 Nantwich Road in Tarporley today.

The incident happened at around 8.30am, and fire crews were called to free one of the drivers from the wreckage.

March 11, 2024
Tarporley women’s choir Decibellas hits high note with fundraisers

Tarporley women’s choir Decibellas hits high note with fundraisers

Tarporley based women’s choir Decibellas has hit a high note with its fundraising over the past 12 months.

The choir has raised thousands of pounds and dished out grants to several local mental health charities to support their work with children.

January 24, 2024
Beeston Castle & Tarporley Station in 1961 - pic by Ben Brookshank, creative commons licence

Beeston and Tarporley railway station gets Govt backing to rejoin network

Beeston and Tarporley Station looks set to reopen after being given Government backing to reconnect to the rail network.

Members of Beeston and Tarporley Station Reopening Group (BTSRG) are celebrating after they received notice from the Department for Transport (DfT) that approval had been given.

November 1, 2023
Tarporley choir Decibellas raise funds for mental health charity

Tarporley choir Decibellas raise funds for mental health charity

Tarporley choir Decibellas has gifted mental health charity Platform for Life over £2,000 raised from their summer concert and awarded in a grant.

The 75-strong choir for upper voices invited Platform for Life to hold a collection at their concert in St Boniface Church in Bunbury, which raised over £1,140.

October 16, 2023
The Swan at Tarporley

Inaugural comedy night set for The Swan at Tarporley

The Swan in Tarporley is to host its first comedy night in its Tarporley Room on Saturday September 30.

It will feature a line-up of stand-up comedians from the renowned ‘Comedy In A Van’.

September 1, 2023
Tractor run in Nantwich raises money for children’s charity

Tractor run in Nantwich raises money for children’s charity

By Jonathan White
Nantwich Agricultural Society’s fourth vintage and classic tractor road run has helped raise hundreds of pounds for a children’s charity.

The event involved around 30 vintage and classic road-legal tractors.

August 11, 2023
Golf challenge to raise £5,000 for patient care at St Luke’s Hospice

Golf challenge to raise £5,000 for patient care at St Luke’s Hospice

A golf fanatic from Tarporley is taking on the challenge of playing three rounds of golf a day for seven successive days at 21 different golf courses.

Steve Lloyd wants to raise money for St Luke’s Hospice Cheshire in memory of his friend.

July 21, 2023
Tarporley pub’s efforts help raise more than £2,000

Tarporley pub’s efforts help raise more than £2,000

The operators of The Swan at Tarporley and The Lion at Malpas have helped to raise more than £2,000 for charity.

The Bear Inns pubs held a silent auction and raffle charity evening for “Pedalling for Pubs” for the Licensed Trade Charity.

June 20, 2023
Two Nantwich schools first to launch renewable energy scheme

Two Nantwich schools first to launch renewable energy scheme

A £3.5m renewable energy scheme is underway at two Nantwich primary schools.

Acton CE Primary Academy and Calveley Primary Academy are the first schools in the North West to benefit from heat extracted through boreholes, in a drive to reduce their environmental impact.

June 15, 2023
Schools across Cheshire East to receive Govt repairs funding

Schools across Cheshire East to receive Govt repairs funding

By Mark Smith, local democracy reporter
Schools across Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester are to receive Government cash to carry out repairs and upgrades.

The condition improvement funding will see a £456 million pot of cash earmarked for 1,000 projects up and down the country.

May 24, 2023
Tarporley Primary hails “Excellent” grading in SIAMS inspection

Tarporley Primary hails “Excellent” grading in SIAMS inspection

Staff and pupils and Tarporley CofE Primary School are celebrating an “Excellent” grading in their latest SIAMS report.

It’s the highest possible grade awarded to a school which undergoes the Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS) inspection.

May 10, 2023
Vandals set fire to speed camera in Alpraham

Vandals set fire to speed camera in Alpraham

Vandals set fire to a fixed road speed camera on the busy A51 in Alpraham, near Nantwich.

Fire crews were called out to the fire at around 10.30pm on Saturday night (February 4)

February 6, 2023
Tarporley choir Decibellas awards £2,250 to local charities

Tarporley choir Decibellas awards £2,250 to local charities

Tarporley-based choir Decibellas has dished out more than £2,000 to local causes it raised from concerts held in 2022 at St Boniface Church in Bunbury.

Most of the proceeds have been awarded to local charities through small grants, it says.

January 2, 2023